Do you clean the little hairs off of chicken wings?

[Anonymous]

Is there anything more gross than getting a plate of wings and you see feathers on it? Lol

This is why I need to have a buzz to eat wings. They are delicious and hit the spot—but only in a beer-fueled, dimly lit setting.

Also, I only eat wings when I’m out because I feel like a commercial fryer adequately singes those little feathers right off.

Ugh….

[Anonymous]

I don't remove them.

But I buy our chicken from a relative who raises them, and half the time I help butcher and defeather them. Getting everything off is a real pain! After that, nothing grosses me out. We don't leave a lot of hair behind, but some chickens are just hairier than others.

If it bothers you, you can use a long-handled fireplace lighter to singe all of the residual hair off before cooking. That's what I do if I'm going to serve wings to anyone other than our immediate family, because I know people who haven't directly participated in the butchering process can get grossed out by it.

[Anonymous]

My parents are AA and from the south. They taught me to burn the hairs off and then clean the chicken before drying and seasoning.

[Anonymous]

Gross. No. I leave them. No one eats the wings in my family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mother taught me all about cooking chicken at an early age. "Thank the Lord"
Cleaning, cutting, cooking. I've passed it on to my children as well as grands. Removing hair/ feathers from chickens was a basic rule as a cook.
If I didn't have a gas stove I would use, and still do a
"CANDLE"!!!
I raise chickens so I know all about their Feathers and Hairs....
I do not eat chicken in restaurants unless, I have a cigarette lighter... Food for thought.... ENJOY... I'm in my 70's

What do you do with a cigarette lighter at a restaurant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't eat chicken wings. Chicken breasts only here.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mother taught me all about cooking chicken at an early age. "Thank the Lord"
Cleaning, cutting, cooking. I've passed it on to my children as well as grands. Removing hair/ feathers from chickens was a basic rule as a cook.
If I didn't have a gas stove I would use, and still do a
"CANDLE"!!!
I raise chickens so I know all about their Feathers and Hairs....
I do not eat chicken in restaurants unless, I have a cigarette lighter... Food for thought.... ENJOY... I'm in my 70's

Wut.